Robert S. McNamara

June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009
Robert S. McNamara headshot

Robert S. "Bob" McNamara was president of Ford Motor Company from November 1960 to January 1961; US secretary of defense from January 1961 to February 1968; and president of the World Bank from April 1968 to July 1981.

Appears in 14 Conversations
'Put the Screws On'
October 24, 1962
'It Might Be Sunk'
October 25, 1962
'Bringing a Thousand Men Home'
May 7, 1963
'I Don’t Think We Do Have to Do It'
August 28, 1963
'We Have Plans for Withdrawal'
September 23, 1963
'Everybody’ll Say We Did It'
October 25, 1963
'I Think It’s Dynamite'
February 6, 1964
'More War' or 'More Appeasement'
February 25, 1964
'I’m Here with the Parents of These Boys'
June 23, 1964
'A Model of Law Enforcement'
November 18, 1964
'Militarily, A Highly Successful Operation'
November 24, 1964
'A Paragraph on Nonproliferation'
October 16, 1966
'We Just Have Got to Act Quickly'
January 24, 1968
'It’s Largely a Propaganda Effort'
January 31, 1968